They've never hidden the fact that Eventfinder is behind whynzlive and as James has said, they're fine competing against other companies, just not against the government.
I would be happy for the Government to give a grant to someone trying to do something along the lines of nzlive, but them doing it themselves is a different story. How would you feel if the Government started a company that competed with you, was funded by your taxes and was loosing money at a great rate. BTW, that last line is a thinking piece for everyone and not directed straight at you Sid :) --------------------------------------------------- Keri Henare [e] [email protected] [m] 021 874 552 [w] www.kerihenare.com On 29/04/2009, at 10:51 AM, Sid Bachtiar wrote: > > Hi James, > > I think the fact that you have interest in Event Finder would make it > challenging for this "campaign". > > Also, the black twitter theme is too much like trying to imitate the > [successful] "black out" related to section 92A. > > Just my 2c. > > Regards, > > Sid > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:23 AM, James McGlinn > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Off-topic, but maybe you guys will allow me one OT post every so >> often? All >> of the sites I'm about to mention are written in PHP :) >> Many of you will be aware that back in 2006, seven months after >> Eventfinder >> launched, the public sector website NZLive.com started up to >> compete with >> us. >> Yesterday we launched a site at http://whynzlive.com to protest the >> NZ >> Government's continued spending on duplicating Eventfinder's >> services and >> features. >> We delivered yet another proposal for co-operation to the Minister >> for Arts, >> Culture and Heritage in March, but have had no response. >> Instead, the Ministry has issued an RFP to develop features that are >> obviously copied from Eventfinder. >> Would you please pass on this email to raise awareness of the >> Ministry's >> actions, and follow us on Twitter to show your support? >> http://twitter.com/whynzlive >> >> Kind regards, >> James McGlinn >> __________________________________ >> CTO >> Eventfinder Limited >> Suite 106, Heards Building >> 2 Ruskin Street, Parnell, Auckland 1052 >> Phone: +649 365 2342 >> Mobile: +6421 633 234 >> >> [email protected] | www.eventfinder.co.nz >> >> >>> >> > > > > -- > Blue Horn Ltd - System Development > http://bluehorn.co.nz > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
